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XME Miners/Metals ETF Pushing Towards Significant Breakout

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The SPDR S&P Metals and Mining ETF (XME) could be on the verge of a surprising, very powerful upside breakout after completing a 6-month corrective accumulation period.

After Trump was elected last November, the XME climbed from just under 25 to a February 2017 high at 35.21, or a whopping 41%, in anticipation of the enactment of the Trump agenda, concurrent with lower taxes, stronger economic growth, and upward pressure on inflation.

Thereafter, however, in reaction to the Administration’s failure to pass health care legislation, coupled with a myriad of disappointments and political fumbles, prospects for “The Trump Trade” faded miserably.

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